Christ, Our Mighty God
Ultimately with R.C. Sproul
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 23 December 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
We do not trust in an impotent Savior. As God incarnate, Christ fights for His people with unconquerable power. Today, R.C. Sproul expounds on one of the exalted titles attributed to Jesus in a prophecy foretelling His birth.
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| 0:00.0 | Can you unbuckle the belt of Orion? |
| 0:04.0 | Can you bind the Pleiades? |
| 0:06.0 | Can you draw out the Leviathan with a seven-pound pest line? |
| 0:15.0 | The same power that God unleashes in creation |
| 0:18.0 | is that power that He invests in this baby |
| 0:22.0 | in the manger in Bethlehem. |
| 0:26.0 | So He'll be called a wonderful, He'll be called a counselor |
| 0:34.0 | and He will be called mighty God. |
| 0:40.0 | And in the use of the language here in Isaiah, |
| 0:45.0 | this doesn't simply indicate God's omnipotent strength |
| 0:50.0 | which the Bible documents over and over and over again, |
| 0:54.0 | but the particular description that is used here |
| 0:58.0 | is the description of God as a warrior |
| 1:04.0 | who fights for His people, |
| 1:07.0 | who rescues them out of slavery in Egypt, |
| 1:11.0 | who crushes the entire Egyptian army and the power of Pharaoh, |
| 1:17.0 | who brings down nations by His laughter |
| 1:22.0 | because He is the all mighty one, |
| 1:28.0 | the mighty warrior who fights for His people. |
| 1:34.0 | The title that is used in the Old Testament |
| 1:37.0 | for the mighty power of God is that title L Shaddai, |
| 1:43.0 | which is found more often in Job than in any other book |
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